It looks like I just opened a can of worm with this topic :-) But I am sure the information collected could be useful for others as well.
So far I have a few interesting leads (still need to be validated) for decent size installations 100~200 sets - CCRA (Revenu Canada) - Yellow Pages - Cogeco Cable If you have other names (preferably with contacts or url links) that will help me a lot to build this case. Thanks ! Stephen... On Fri, 2007-06-15 at 16:14 -0400, Philip Mullis wrote: > Vendor support What??? have you ever tried to get a bug fixed on a > Nortel system? its usually a 6 month to a 2 year process vs asterisk > which thousands of people are working on. > > > On Fri, 2007-06-15 at 15:57 -0400, Alex @ Kovasys Inc. wrote: > > Problem is that large institutions do not just need a PBX system, but > > they need a unified messaging solution (which Asterisk is far away > > from -- in my humble opinion). As well as large company requires this > > solution to be backed by large enough vendor who is not going to go > > out of business in a few months when something goes wrong because > > their business depends on it. > > > > my 2 cents > > > > Alex > > VoIPGizmos.ca > > > > On 6/15/07, Jim Van Meggelen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > CCRA (FKA Revenue Canada) uses it. They are not fortune 500, but they're a > > > very large organization. > > > Sunlabs uses it. > > > Hundreds of educational institutions use it, from universities to small > > > school boards (this is where you are most likely to find a good case > > > study). > > > > > > It should be noted that Asterisk was not developed by hobbyists. Not even > > > counting Digium, the folks that contribute code to Asterisk are doing it > > > mostly for business reasons, not for fun. The fact that there is a lot of > > > love there is a bonus. > > > > > > Still, I agree that it'd be nice to have more street cred, but this is the > > > same path that Linux had to follow. No CTO/CIO would touch it, until one > > > day > > > they found out that they were ALL running it. Then all of a sudden they > > > were > > > telling each other how smart they were for being visionary. > > > > > > Jim > > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > From: Stephen Remillard [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > Sent: June 15, 2007 2:19 PM > > > > To: Toronto Asterisk Business Group > > > > Subject: Re: [biz] Does open source telephony need an > > > > advertising campaign? > > > > > > > > The problem I have here is to find serious case studies or > > > > testimonials of big company names that successfully deployed > > > > Asterisk in a decent size production environment. > > > > The CEOs & CFOs (at least where I work) see the OpenSource > > > > factor as a problem rather than an asset. They are afraid of > > > > trusting something developed by hobbyists unless major > > > > companies (i.e fortune 500) trust it first. > > > > > > > > If someone here has links that can demonstrate some case > > > > studies/testimonials corresponding to the above, please send > > > > them to me. Otherwise I'll be stuck with a Nortel BCM. > > > > > > > > Stephen... > > > > > > > > > > > > On Fri, 2007-06-15 at 12:02 -0400, Alex @ Kovasys Inc. wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > Hello all, > > > > > > > > As with everything it takes time for a product to > > > > become recognized > > > > between masses. > > > > > > > > The way it is going right now, I think it will evolve > > > > on its own. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > No virus found in this incoming message. > > > > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > > > > Version: 7.5.472 / Virus Database: 269.8.16/849 - Release > > > > Date: 14/06/2007 12:44 PM > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > No virus found in this outgoing message. > > > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > > > Version: 7.5.472 / Virus Database: 269.8.16/849 - Release Date: 14/06/2007 > > > 12:44 PM > > > > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >
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